By: Estes S.B. No. 1571
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the County Court of Cooke County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sec. 26.149, Government Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) The County Court of Cooke County does not have probate,
guardianship, mental health, juvenile, civil, criminal, or
appellate jurisdiction.
(b) The judge of the County Court of Cooke County retains
the ability to act as a magistrate as defined under Art 2.09 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure [is exempt from the judicial training
and instruction required under Chapter 22].
SECTION 2. This act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
act takes effect September 1, 2015.